A Rhetorical Analysis Of Extra-Gum Advertisement

Commercials. We all hate them. Television these days have more commercials than the actual show we are watching. But there is one day of the year that people look forward to commercials. It’s the day that the Super Bowl is on. Millions of people get together and have parties, gather around the television and see who is going to win the title. During halftime many commercials are played, many of them are hilarious and people talk about them for the next week. One commercial stood out to me in particular. In this paper, I will analyze a Budweiser commercial from a Super Bowl rhetorically. I will show how the authors use ethos, logos, and pathos to get a point across. The Budweiser commercial seems to be trying to put out the message to not drink

Most Shocking Second a Day Video it is based on a little girl’s life change. This visual argument shows how in an exact year a Syrian girl’s life completely falls apart because of the war. It shows how the development of an armed conflict negatively impacts the life of a child. In just one minute and thirty-three seconds this advertisement managed to represent the situation that many kids are facing. The rhetorical appeals and the compositional features of the video make the audience feel touched by the experience of the little girl making the argument effective. Nevertheless, it fails to support logos making pathos and ethos the most important appeals of the argument.

This ad is for Froot Loops, it shows Toucan Sam in the beginning in front of a horrifying, abandoned house. The ad repeats the phrase “He follows his nose whenever it grows.” This ad is saying in its commercial if you buy Froot Loops then your day will be better and you should always trust your instincts. The demographic is mostly for 0-13 year olds because its cartoon like and most of the time kids are interested in cartoons and since kids love cartoons the parents will end up buying the Froot Loops for them.

Individual advertisements aim at persuading people to buy Geico’s product. The audience of the commercial “Hump Day” are viewers with no age limit. They could be adults using other car insurance but want to switch to Geico; they could be teens who do not have a car yet but want to own one in the future. If the person did not know Geico, he or she would be impressed by the Geico campaign and would remember this brand. If the person was not satisfied with his or her current insurance company and felt stressed, he or she would catch the contagious emotion in the commercial. For instance, the ecstatic camel is in sharp contrast to those agitated staffs. Using comparative metaphors, Geico is tempting consumers without consciousness. It is as though whispering in target consumers’ ears “Do you want to be stress-free and happier than a hump day camel? Geico is your best choice!” Moreover, Geico fully understands the huge market potential among those whose age is between 16 to 25, because this group reflects new drivers who do not have car insurance. This group is a new generation that prefers identical and trendy forms instead of seriousness. Geico’s commercial is trendsetting. It is creating a group of consumers with lifetime loyalty to Geico. After making a connection with them, Geico enlarges its

Everyone one loves a story about cute puppies and friendship. In Budweiser's 2014 Super Bowl commercial “Puppy Love” it tells one. The purpose of this commercial like any is to convince the audience of the message its promoting. In the advertisement it uses the three tools of ethical persuasion: logos, ethos, and pathos. These tools are utilized in the commercial for persuading the viewers of its reason, creating an image of credibility surrounding its name, as well as generating an emotional response.

Advertisement plays a big role in our society and it’s a way of attracting people ‘s attention. For instance, McDonald’s website illustrates a vision of focus, perspectives and colors to approach the audience in a way of selling products only using three methods. These methods are logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos is an argument or form based on a logic, pathos make appeals based on emotions and ethos is the form or appeal of character or credibility. Using these three methods is a way to analysis how McDonalds persuade, inform, and reminder in advertisement. As a community it’s our duty to understand how global market corporation use advertisement to sell.

Cheerios commercial sparked an outrage in the comments on Youtube because it shows an interracial child asking her mom what is so beneficial about cheerios? Mother explains to her daughter that it can help lower cholesterol levels;nevertheless, several clips later it shows the daughter’s father to be stuffed with cereal and that he appears to be from another different color and race from the mother causing a huge controversial. In Roxane Gay’s essay “Why Interracial Families on Commercial matter” she states that the commercial is charming and that is indeed true. It is charming in several ways because it portrays that a happy family is formed because of love for who they are and not because of color. It also shows that the advertisers of the

Through constant praise of the product he set insinuates that Old Spice products will make you rich, handsome, healthy, and attractive. Its greatly uses pathos and ethos to set itself up. The commercial has very little if at all uses of logos. However, it doesn't need to use any form of logos as it does such an amazing job setting itself up by using pathos and ethos. It is truly a masterpiece that captivates its audience. Even those who do not want anything to do with the product it is still entertaining due to the humor

Almost 17% of the adult population in the United States smoke cigarettes. Smokers are more likely to develop heart disease, stroke, lung cancer or blindness. Cigarettes smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, so there are ranges of advertisements showing the harmful effects of cigarettes, and always telling people to do not smoke it, either by images, statistics or phrases. Among all advertisements that shocks, there is one in particular that it was not necessary a single word on it to do that. This ad is a colorful one that was created by the Roy Castle which is a lung cancer foundation, and was released on December 2007 on magazines and newspapers in the United Kingdom. It shows a white background with two cigarettes together forming a shotgun in the middle of it. This ad uses the three rhetorical appeals of logos, ethos and pathos through a single image. At the same time that the image shows that cigarettes can be deathly, it compares the dangerousness of the cigarette with the

Upon the first Sunday of February each year, the two remaining football teams in the NFL come together to compete and continue a national holiday that dates back to 1967. In that inaugural year, it cost approximately $40,000 to occupy a slot of time on the television screens of 50 million people around the country. 51 years later, in 2018, that price has been heightened to between 5 and 5.5 million dollars, now attracting nearly 100 million viewers each year. (CNN) Between the 60 minutes of broadcasted game time, various companies attempt to put their millions to use and to hopefully create a funny, interesting, and/or informative commercial. Their aim is to spark conversations and stay in

Food is the fuel for humans, supplying energy and nutrients to get them throughout the day. But how has the way of getting food changed as a result of industrialization? Consider the tomato; it is ripe, farm fresh, and transformable to any desired recipe. However, today’s tomatoes are grown in places that consumers would probably not be able to locate on a map, ripened with assistance of ethylene gas, and picked while they are green. The process of obtaining food has undoubtedly changed. The American documentary film, Food, Inc. creates a rhetorical, ceremonial argument that is to anger and disgust consumers that are most prominently of the lower and middle classes by showing them the horrors of the present day industrial food system that tend

For many years now, advertising has managed to have an effect of everything around us. Good or bad, the true purpose is to clearly convey their message to the targeted audience. To achieve this, advertisers will commonly use rhetorical appeals to successfully persuade their desired audience. Secret Deodorant’s “Stress Test” ad utilizes various colors, and ethical and emotional appeals to effectively grab the audience’s attention.

During Super Bowl Sunday, millions of people across the globe tune in to watch the game while also gawking at some of the most popular commercials of the year. Coca-Cola presented its commercial “Love Story” during this past Super Bowl. They are known for having memorable and popular advertisements, this past one was no different. “Love Story” persuades the average person to drink a Coke with any meal along with the ones they cherish.

For the majority of the advertisement, the audience is with the child’s eye level. The perspective of the child creates a relatable mood and lets the viewers step into the child’s shoes. If smokers step into their child’s shoes and see the pain, then they will want to stop smoking to end the child’s suffering. In the beginning, the advertisement illustrates a mother and a young boy around the age of five, and once the mother leaves him he begins to cry. The audience becomes sorrowful for the innocent young child; associating that child with their own. Subsequently, a voice narrates, “If this is how your child feels after losing you for a minute, just imagine if they lost you for life” (0:48 “quit”). The statement leads the audience into thinking that the little boy’s mom will never return. Moreover, the quote is assigning guilt to the smokers who have kids, because if they smoke then they will leave family

“My Dad is a Liar” is a heart-wrenching commercial that accurately depicts the sacrifices and challenges of being a parent. This seemingly simple-plotted commercial conveys its intended message and appeals to its audience through the utilization of pathos, ethos, and logos.